searching in vim editor

Question

this is a simple query about the searching in vim editor.

consider that i searched for a string like "str" with

/str

now after this search i wanted to search for "strcat" like

/strcat

but, the point in here is that i dont want to type entire /str again.... just wanted to add the new text to /str. that is when we made the first search we type /str and for the second search i just wanted to type cat for searching the entire /strcat.

can any of you vi guru's tell me if it is possible for us to do some search like this in vi.

thanks in advance

Answer 1

The / key begins a search string. up arrow recalls the previous line(s). Therefore,

/ up-arrow cat

will resume your search.